To the Church in Sardis31“Write this to the angel of the church in Sardis:“The One who has the seven spirits and the seven stars says this: I know what you do. People say that you are alive, but really you are dead.2Wake up! Make yourselves stronger before what you have left dies completely. I have found that what you are doing is less than what my God wants.3So do not forget what you have received and heard. Obey it, and change your hearts and lives. So you must wake up, or I will come like a thief, and you will not know when I will come to you.4But you have a few there in Sardis who have kept their clothes unstained, so they will walk with me and will wear white clothes, because they are worthy.5Those who win the victory will be dressed in white clothes like them. And I will not erase their names from the book of life, but I will say they belong to me before my Father and before his angels.6Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.To the Church in Philadelphia7“Write this to the angel of the church in Philadelphia:“This is what the One who is holy and true, who holds the key of David, says. When he opens a door, no one can close it. And when he closes it, no one can open it.8I know what you do. I have put an open door before you, which no one can close. I know you have a little strength, but you have obeyed my teaching and were not afraid to speak my name.9Those in the synagogue that belongs to Satan say they are Jews, but they are not true Jews; they are liars. I will make them come before you and bow at your feet, and they will know that I have loved you.10You have obeyed my teaching about not giving up your faith. So I will keep you from the time of trouble that will come to the whole world to test those who live on earth.11“I am coming soon. Continue strong in your faith so no one will take away your crown.12I will make those who win the victory pillars in the temple of my God, and they will never have to leave it. I will write on them the name of my God and the name of the city of my God, the new Jerusalem,[G]This name is used to mean the spiritual city God built for his people. See Revelation 21-22. that comes down out of heaven from my God. I will also write on them my new name.13Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.To the Church in Laodicea14“Write this to the angel of the church in Laodicea:“The Amen,[H]Used here as a name for Jesus; it means to agree fully that something is true. the faithful and true witness, the beginning of all God has made, says this:15I know what you do, that you are not hot or cold. I wish that you were hot or cold!16But because you are lukewarm— neither hot, nor cold— I am ready to spit you out of my mouth.17You say, ‘I am rich, and I have become wealthy and do not need anything.’ But you do not know that you are really miserable, pitiful, poor, blind, and naked.18I advise you to buy from me gold made pure in fire so you can be truly rich. Buy from me white clothes so you can be clothed and so you can cover your shameful nakedness. Buy from me medicine to put on your eyes so you can truly see.19“I correct and punish those whom I love. So be eager to do right, and change your hearts and lives.20Here I am! I stand at the door and knock. If you hear my voice and open the door, I will come in and eat with you, and you will eat with me.21“Those who win the victory will sit with me on my throne in the same way that I won the victory and sat down with my Father on his throne.22Everyone who has ears should listen to what the Spirit says to the churches.”